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Aerial pipeline leak detection
Finding leaks from the air, before they become incidents.
A buried line gives its first warning at the surface. We fly the corridor with sensor-equipped drones, process what comes back, and put every detection in front of the crew who can act on it.
A thermal anomaly, a hydrocarbon plume, stressed vegetation, a wet spot on the right of way — these show up from the air long before a pressure signature is unambiguous. Programmed flight lines mean the corridor gets surveyed on a schedule rather than when somebody has time.
Every detection is pinned to the exact location on the line, so a finding becomes a work order instead of a search.
- Programmed corridor patrol — repeatable flight lines along the right of way, flown on a schedule.
- Gas & thermal payloads — optical gas imaging, thermal and multispectral sensing for hydrocarbon and temperature anomalies.
- Automated anomaly detection — imagery processed to flag seeps, wet spots, vegetation stress, exposed pipe and unauthorised encroachment.
- Georeferenced findings — every detection tied to pipeline stationing and routed with its imagery to the responsible crew.
- Change detection over time — repeat passes compared against the baseline to catch slowly developing leaks.
- Correlated with the control room — aerial findings cross-checked against pressure and flow imbalance.
Schematic — drone corridor leak survey
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